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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hempstead like this:
HEMPSTEAD, or H. with-Eccles, a parish in Tunstead district, Norfolk; on the coast, 8 miles SE by E of North Walsham r. station, and 17 NE of Norwich. Post town, Lessingham, under Norwich. Acres, 907. Real property, £2, 204. Pop., 178. Houses, 34. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Lessingham, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £542. * Patron, King's College, Cambridge. The church is ancient but good, and has a low tower.
Hempstead is now part of NORTH NORFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH NORFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hempstead itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hempstead, in North Norfolk and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2645
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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